More ISIS and Taliban bombings in the news, killing more children. My question for those groups is this: What have the children done to offend your god? I ask, too, Is your concept of Allah that of a supreme being who wants you to cause suffering and death to children who have no power or say over who they are, where they live, or what the adults around them do?
My Muslim friends are as horrified as I am.
A 68-year-old Sikh man was purposely hit by a truck then beaten by two men. A physician and assistant professor of international affairs at Columbia University was beaten by at least a dozen teens and young men. Each year since 9/11, violence against peace-loving Sikhs has increased.
And the reason may very well boil down to beards and headgear, which are part of a devout Sikh man’s appearance.
Many people see the turban on a Sikh man and think he’s Muslim, then jump to the conclusion that all Muslims are responsible for 9/11 and the current terrorism. It’s a double error.
To dispel at least part of this egregious situation, I invite you to learn about the different headgear worn by Sikhs, Muslim religious elders, Afghan Muslims, Iranian Mullahs, Arab Muslim Kaffiyeh, and dessert people and Muslim terrorists.
Take a look. Then spread the word.
Background: Muslims believe in a single God. The Taliban is out to destroy others who don’t believe in what they think is the same single God. Now ISIS, an extra-ruthless faction of the Taliban, is taking their holy war to extremes, assassinating innocent people who get in the way of their steamrolling campaign to establish the One True God.
I find it ironic that they’e adopted the name ISIS. Yes, it’s short for what they’re after–an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. But Isis is an Egyptian GODDESS! It doesn’t seem right for them to add a god(ess) into their midst, even via their name.
Here’s another irony: Isis was the goddess of love, marriage, and health. She represented the ideal mother and wife and was a protector of nature. She was the friend of the little guy, the vulnerable and downtrodden. Basically, she was the goddess of rebirth and life.
When it gets down to it, Isis represented everything the terrorist group ISIS is bent on destroying! But I don’t think they’d even understand the irony.
“Do not kill an old man/woman. Do not harm a child. Do not destroy a tree or water wells. Do not kill an animal.” (Prophet Mohammed, in the Hadith)
These are instructions given by Mohammed to his army as they headed into war. The Hadith books are collections of his sayings on various occasions and are considered to be almost as important and sacred as the Coran.*
If only the few militant zealots would follow these words of their Prophet, like most Muslims do, this would be a far more peaceful, loving world.
*My source is Salim Yam, a devout Muslim friend in Moroco, who feels that terrorists’ actions in the name of Allah are abhorrent.